Terry M.

It's even two years younger than the James Brown track Make it Funky.

I have to admit I've never heard that claim before. Hercules is from 1973 which is 6 years younger than Cold Sweat so I honestly doubt that. Cracking bassline for sure though.

Baaaaaaddddd 🤤

Also bear in mind that none of us has any control over our background. We're born into whatever circumstances exist at that time.

You would be shocked if you could peek into the private lives of most people we call celebrities. My wife was a huge Johnny Depp fan until it transpired he hits women. Sean Connery was known for it too.

You're good enough to play whatever inspires you with the right measure of enthusiasm and practice I think.

Interesting seeing as James Brown is seen as the main force behind what came to be known as funk. Apparently Cold Sweat was the first funk tune. Not my words however.

It's the funk that influenced my decision to play bass. I may well know most of those tracks on that list you mention 😊

Yes these Scottish funksters learnt well from the Godfather. Good tune.

Love Cross the Tracks. Are you familiar with Just Kissed My Baby by The Meters? What about Roy Ayers' Life is Just a Moment Pt2? Oh the list is endless.

I agree with this. I used the word genre as it relates to the marketing of the product. And the marketing team very often aren't actual musicians.

Let's not leave out Nathaniel Phillips from the band Pleasure. He's criminally overlooked historically. There are many...

Your definition of funk might explain why it's so appealing to dancers. Take it to the dance floor and it might make a bit more sense. The Northern Soul movement(as another example)relies on a very specific sound for the dancers. Repetition and a solid reliable rhythmic pulse seems to be the bedrock and anything else might work against the individuals' dance moves and physical expression. Country dancing music generally all sounds the same,I was forced to do it in primary school. It's music for a specific scene. Not into that particular scene? Fair enough. There's a genre for everybody.

I take learn them and forget them to mean learn a given structure and then apply without rigid dogmatic confinements. Not literally to forget. Something Bruce Lee said apparently. I quite like the philosophy.

You'll get differing views naturally but I once owned a Sadowsky SPB-2 preamp pedal and it was nothing short of sensational live. Gave me severe GAS for an actual Sadowsky bass that did. Bear in mind it offers no midrange eq and is boost only. Small turns of the knobs go a long long way.

If only they stopped at the Jazz 🫣

Yes brand power is very real. When I got my first ever Fender bass (Mexican 70s classic series) I thought I was floating on air for some reason...and Fender knows this happens so...

Maybe not the most prolific but Doug Wimbish has had flirtations with Ibanez and currently Spector. Not sure who else to be honest. Maybe that was it.

The OP listed him as an exception ☺️

Which Squiers tend to do in my personal experience.

Okay so I've been up all night thinking about this(joking of course). Google didn't bring back any results though 🤔

My thoughts exactly.